Soft-tissue sarcomas of the upper extremity: Surgical treatment and outcome

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 222-230

  Popov, Pentscho ^a,b   Tukiainen, Erkki ^a   Asko Seljavaara, Sirpa ^a   Huuhtanen, Riikka ^a   Virolainen, Martti ^a   Virkkunen, Pekka ^a   Blomqvist, Carl ^a  

^a Helsinki University Hospital ^*

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LIMB SALVAGE; LIPOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 17444435696     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000095946.90511.1D     Document Type: Article

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